Thorsten Havener
Thorsten Havener (born September 27, 1972 in Saarbrücken ) is a German author , speaker and mental artist.
Life and private life
After high school and community service, he completed a degree in applied linguistics at the Universities of Saarbrücken and Monterey (California) , where he graduated as a qualified translator for English and French .
He lives with his family near Munich .
Career
Thorsten Havener has been dealing with the topics of illusion, perception, body language and mental strategies since his early youth, which he combines in his publications, shows and lectures.
1986 Havener made his first public appearance as a magician. In 1995 Havener won the French championships in magic in the category magie générale . In 2001 he turned away from classic magic and dealt with mental strategies, perception, body language, suggestion and hypnosis.
After his own television show, The Mind Reader - a man sees everything ( Sat.1 ), Thorsten Havener was a guest on talk shows, radio and television programs, in which he performed experiments for viewers and moderators. With his stage shows What do you think , thoughts are duty-free and thinking and other fringe sports , the body language Code he toured through Germany. In the spring of 2013 his program I know what you think had its premiere in Munich, then he went on tour. Since December 2017 he has been touring with his show Fire Trials .
Havener continues to offer seminars and lectures in which he passes on his knowledge.
At Spiegel Online his book I know what you think came second and in the top ten of the annual bestseller charts. The book was published in various languages and countries.
In total, his books sold more than a million copies in 16 languages.
Works
- I know what you're thinking . The secret of reading minds , Rowohlt Verlag , Reinbek near Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-499-62520-6 .
- with Michael Goatee : Don't think of a blue elephant! The power of thought. Rowohlt Taschenbuch, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-499-62609-8 . (8th edition)
- Think what you want The freedom of thought. Wunderlich, Reinbek near Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8052-5021-4 .
- Without words. What others think of you . Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-499-62865-8 .
- Don't tell anyone: Why we need secrets . Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-499-63240-2 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Thorsten Havener in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vita ( Memento of the original from August 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on Havener's website
- ↑ Oliver Erens: Magic Tricks for Dummies. Wiley-VCH, 2007, ISBN 978-3-527-70320-3 .
- ↑ Thorsten Havener “Fire Trials” on focus.de
- ↑ Tahir Chaudhry: This magician looks into people's heads. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. December 9, 2016, accessed February 23, 2019 .
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SURNAME | Havener, Thorsten |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mind reader and personality trainer |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1972 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Saarbrücken , Germany |